Tokai University is a private university established in 1942. The Tokai University Educational System is one of the largest general education and research institutions in Japan. To seek mutual understading and global peace through the education of young scholars from around the world, we began accepting foreign students early on and have consistently promoted Japanese-language education. More than 30,000 students, 659 of them international, study at Tokai’s nine campuses.

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) is Japan’s only university with a graduate school of medical and dental sciences. The goals of TMDU are educating individuals going into medical professions, including doctors and dentists; creating systems for research studies in the medical care and life sciences fields; fostering the development of sophisticated experts in medical and research fields; and making contributions towards society and humanity through these efforts.

In 2012 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) established two new undergraduate schools, the School of Language and Culture Studies and Culture Studies and the School of International and Area Studies, which allow students to study 14 world regions and 27 languages in those areas. The Graduate School of Global Studies and other affiliated organizations also feature international education and research. TUFS aims to become a leading educational and research center for area studies on a global level.

Founded in 1887, Toyo University is a large-scale comprehensive university comprising 11 faculties and 44 departments, with approximately 30,000 undergraduate students enrolled at four campuses in and around central Tokyo. Standing at the forefront of Japan’s drive toward globalization in education, Toyo offers international students virtually unlimited opportunities to experience real Japanese culture, learn the Japanese language, and take academic courses in English while living in one of the most exciting cities in the world.

manaba is a cloud-based collaborative learning system developed by ASAHI Net, Inc. and used by more than 200 educational programs globally. manaba fosters fruitful interaction among students, instructors, program officers and the surrounding learning community and allows them to store and share their work online. International educators implement manaba for the accumulation of learning evidence and artifacts, assessment of learning outcomes, and mutual learning and collaboration to enhance the quality of students’ international experiences.

As the first national women’s university of Japan, Ochanomizu University has produced countless women graduates who have gone on to play active roles in pioneering fields. In promotion of exchanges with overseas students and career development of the students, summer programs in English and Japanese are offered. As part of our university’s globalization strategies, we aim to promote mutual exchanges of students and development of global human resources.

Tokyo Institute of Technology continues to cultivate principled world leaders in science and technology, open up new frontiers in research, and contribute to the betterment of society and the world, as a technological front-runner among universities in industrial nations.

Okayama University, one of Japan’s leading universities, is situated on an extensive campus and has 11 faculties and master’s and doctoral courses embracing humanities, social, natural, environmental and life sciences, and pedagogics. Approximately 13,400 students, including 500 international students, currently enjoy life at this university, and 2,600 staff are engaged in educational and research activities and university management.

Osaka International University (OIU) is a four-year private coeducational university located in Osaka, Japan, founded in 1988. OIU has three faculties for undergraduate programs: Global Business, International Liberal Arts, and Human Sciences. The Faculty of Global Business will introduce English-taught courses in fall 2016 for convenience of international students. OIU has more than 70 international partners and currently accepts exchange students for Japanese studies.